From e7a07364ad8e6f0c3ebae9204e1aacbc230ff05d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yochem van Rosmalen <git@yochem.nl>
Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2026 19:11:59 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(vim.net): check if vim.system's stdout is nil #38713

Problem:
Apparently vim.SystemCompleted.stdout can also be nil, even without a
custom stdout handler. (Although the docs can be interpreted otherwise).

Solution:
Explicitly check for nil and set the result body to an empty string if
stdout was nil.

(cherry picked from commit 398ee83f4f4584322fdc67458a89b5b4c57be49c)
---
 runtime/lua/vim/net.lua | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/runtime/lua/vim/net.lua b/runtime/lua/vim/net.lua
index acf6a44ccc..5919547be7 100644
--- a/runtime/lua/vim/net.lua
+++ b/runtime/lua/vim/net.lua
@@ -87,9 +87,7 @@ function M.request(url, opts, on_response)
       err = res.stderr ~= '' and res.stderr or ('Request failed with exit code %d'):format(res.code)
     else
       if on_response then
-        response = {
-          body = res.stdout --[[@as string]],
-        }
+        response = { body = res.stdout or '' }
       end
     end